Journal Visibility and Indexing of Faculty Journals in Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria

This study investigated journal visibility and indexing of faculty journals in Delta State University Abraka. The objective of the study is to determine the influence of visibility on indexing of faculty journals in Delta State University Abraka. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population of the study is 12 editors-in-chief of the various faculty journals in Delta State University, Abraka. Since the population is small and manageable, the researcher selected the entire population. The instrument that was used for this research study was a questionnaire and checklist. The face and content validities of the questionnaire were determined by experts in the Department of Library and Information Science in Delta State University, Abraka for thorough scrutiny and checking of the instrument to make sure that the questionnaires were relevant to the study. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using the Split-half reliability method, which gives a measure of internal consistency. Coefficient of determination was used to answer the research questions. The Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between visibility and indexing of faculty journals in Delta State University Abraka. In view of the findings, it recommended amongst others, that the journals’ editorial board should focus on improving the academic quality of the research published in the journals.